Black Christmas
Directed by Bob Clark
During a festive Yuletide party, a group of sorority sisters receive a creepy call from someone who claims he’s going to kill them all. The girls soon realize the threats were serious, when one by one, they each fall prey to the mysterious maniac. After directing two relatively ignored horror flicks which later became cult classics (CHILDREN SHOULDN’T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS & DEATHDREAM), a Christmas miracle made Bob Clark’s 1974 classic a hit. A huge influence on John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN, BLACK CHRISTMAS is frequently credited with helping spawn the slasher subgenre.
This horror classic about a killer stalking sorority girls on Xmas helped spawn the slasher genre.
Cast: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder
Member Reviews
If you're a horror fan (and why else would you be on Shudder?), this is a must-see! It's one of the first slasher movies ever made, by the director of A Christmas Story, no less. Skip the remakes and watch the original.
one of the best
Every bit as good as they say.
Just a lovely horror flick! I watch it every year. Highly recommend.
The best slasher of all time, which holds up beautifully and is still actually scary.